Department of World Languages and Literatures

Faculty

Suwako Watanabe (1990) Ph.D.

Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures; Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 1990 Georgetown University.

Daria Aleeva, (2016) M.A.

Senior Instructor II of Russian. M.A. 2012 Portland State University.

Anna Alsufieva (2009) Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2001 Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg (Russia).   

Dana Capage (2022) M.A.
Instructor of German, M.A. 2015 Portland State University

Justin Coleman (2008) M.A.

Senior Instructor II of American Sign Language. M.A. 2007 Portland State University.

William Comer (2014) Ph.D.

Director Russian Flagship Center; Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 1992 University of California, Berkeley.

Carrie Collenberg-Gonzalez (2015) Ph.D.

Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik Program Director, Associate Professor of German. Ph.D. 2011 University of Minnesota.

Enrique Cortez (2011) Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2011 Georgetown University. 

Karen Curtin (2016) Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2016 Ohio State University.

Cassio de Oliveira (2016) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2014 Yale University.

Annabelle Dolidon (2008) Ph.D.

Professor of French. Ph.D. 2008 University of California, Davis.

Jonah Eleweke (2013) Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor of American Sign Language. Ph.D. 1997 University of Manchester (U.K.). and Ph.D. 2004 University of Alberta (Canada).

Craig Epplin (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2009 University of Pennsylvania.

Nila Friedberg (2004) Ph.D.

Professor of Russian. Ph.D. 2002 University of Toronto (Canada).

Steven Fuller (1990) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of German. Ph.D. 1990 Stanford University. 

Gina Greco (1992) Ph.D.

Professor of French. Ph.D. 1992 Princeton University.

Young Juo Han (2019) M.A.
Senior Instructor I of Korean. M.A. 2012 University of Oregon.

Yasmeen Hanoosh (2010) Ph.D.

Professor of Arabic. Ph.D. 2008 University of Michigan.

Jon Holt (2010) Ph.D.

Professor of Japanese. Ph.D. 2010 University of Washington.

Isabel Jaen-Portillo (2010) Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2006 Purdue University and Ph.D. 2016 Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). 

Timothy Nidever (2009) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Latin. M.A. 2009 University of Oregon.

Lisa Notman (2022) M.A. & M.S.
Instructor of Spanish. M.A. 2017 Portland State University and M.S. 2020 Portland State University.

Eva Núñez-Méndez (2002) Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1998 University of Salamanca (Spain). 

DeLys Ostlund (1991) Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 1993 University of Maryland. 

Jennifer Perlmutter (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of French. Ph.D. 2001 Duke University.

Moshe Rachmuth (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Hebrew. Ph.D. 2010 University of Oregon.

Stéphanie Roulon (2011) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of French. M.A. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Robert Sanders (2001) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish. Ph.D. 2001 University of Arizona.

Anousha Sedighi (2005) Ph.D.

Professor of Persian. Ph.D. 2005 University of Ottawa (Canada).

Cynthia Sloan (1992) Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish and Portuguese. Ph.D. 1995 Vanderbilt University. 

Steven L. Thorne (2010) Ph.D.

Professor of Second Language Acquisition. Ph.D. 1999 University of California, Berkeley.

Stephen Wadley (1991) Ph.D.

Professor of Chinese. Ph.D. 1987 University of Washington. 

Inés Warnock (2001) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Spanish. M.A. 2000 Portland State University. 

Angela Zagarella (1993) M.A.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Italian. M.A. 1984 University of Catania (Italy).

Emeriti Faculty

Jeanne Marie Bernard (1966) B.A.
Associate Professor Emerita of French. B.A. 1966 Portland State University.

George T. Cabello (1975) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Spanish. Ph.D. 1974 University of Arizona.

Roderic C. Diman (1960) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Spanish. Ph.D. 1971 University of Wisconsin. 

William B. Fischer (1978) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of German. Ph.D. 1979 Yale University.

Claudine G. Fisher (1972) D-es-L
Professor Emerita of French. Doctorat-es-Lettres 1983 University of Paris VIII (France).

Sandra Freels (1981) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Russian. Ph.D. 1976 Stanford University.

Kathleen Godfrey (2000) Ed.D.
Assistant Professor Emerita of German. Ed.D. 2013 Portland State University.

Martha Hickey (1992) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Russian. Ph.D. 1985 Harvard University.

Galina Kogan (1996) M.A.
Emerita Senior Instructor II of Russian. M.A. 1972 Kiev State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (Ukraine).

Laurence R. Kominz (1983) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Japanese. Ph.D. 1985 Columbia University. 

Timm Menke (1988) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of German. Ph.D. 1983 University of Washington.

Laureen K. Nussbaum (1973) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of German. Ph.D. 1977 University of Washington.

Linda Parshall (1986) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of German. Ph.D. 1974 University of London.

Jonathan O. Pease (1986) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Chinese. Ph.D. 1986 University of Washington.

Earl L. Rees (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Spanish. Ph.D. 1977 University of Southern California.

Dirgham H. Sbait (1985) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Arabic/Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Folklore. Ph.D. 1982 University of Washington. 

Kazem Tehrani (1975) Ph.D.|
Associate Professor Emeritus of Persian. Ph.D. 1974 Columbia University.

Stephen Walton (1995) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of French. Ph.D. 1992 University of Wisconsin - Madison

Patricia J. Wetzel (1984) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Japanese. Ph.D. 1984 Cornell University.

Rita Rose Vistica (1975) Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emerita of French. Ph.D. 1965 Fordham University.